• Independent TD for Kerry
• Entered the Dáil on 26 February 2011 — General election
• Email me whenever Michael Healy-Rae speaks (no more than once per day)

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Asks most questions about

• Subjects (based on headings added by the Dáil record): Hospital Appointments Status, Hospital Waiting Lists, Carer's Allowance Applications, Medical Card Applications, Disability Allowance Applications

(based on written questions asked by Michael Healy-Rae and answered by departments)

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (19 Sep 2018)

“I have a question the Minister can answer. It concerns the carer's allowance and the fact that it is taking four months to reach decisions. I respectfully suggest that more staff be hired to work in that section. A family member who is quitting work to take care of a person who needs care must survive for four months with no income. This is unfair. I respect the people working in the...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2018)

“The responses given by the Minister and the Taoiseach are outdated. I have already brought the problems to the attention of the Minister for Health. I have brought specialists from County Kerry to sit down with the Minister and outline the problems. However, to date, the Minister, the Department and the Government have failed to do what they are supposed to do, which is to take care of...”

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Sep 2018)

“With respect, the Minister has not answered any of my questions.”

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• Has spoken in 161 committee discussions and Dáil debates in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• Has received answers to 1427 written questions in the last year — well above average among TDs.
• People have made 3 comments on this TD's speeches — above average among TDs.
• This TD's speeches, in the printed record, are readable by an average 14–15 year old, going by the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level score.
• 94 people are tracking whenever this TD speaks — email me whenever Michael Healy-Rae speaks.
• Has used three-word alliterative phrases (e.g. "public-private partnership") 495 times in debates — above average among TDs.
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